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over the wicket

over the wicket adverb: bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket.

Adverb

over the wicket (not comparable)

  1. bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket

Antonyms of over the wicket

Questions about over the wicket

What does over the wicket mean?
Over the wicket means bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket.
What part of speech is over the wicket?
Over the wicket is an adverb.

Words near over the wicket in the dictionary

  1. over the river
  2. over the river and through the woods
  3. over the top
  4. over the transom
  5. over the way
  6. over the wicket
  7. over the wire
  8. over there
  9. over time
  10. over to
  11. Over Wallop

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